Multifractal analysis of the 137Cs fallout pattern in Austria resulting from the Chernobyl accident

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 673-676

  Pausch, Gerhard ^a   Bossew, Peter ^a   Hofmann, Werner ^a   Steger, Ferdinand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl; Environmental impact; Fallout

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; RADIATION ACCIDENT; UKRAINE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AUSTRIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHY; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; UKRAINE;

EID: 0031596787     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199806000-00004     Document Type: Article

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